Hero Of A Hundred Fights Remote The Cold CD

The Hero of a Hundred Fights CD-EP The Remote, the Cold is four songs that offer what appears to be two different bands. The first two songs are good hardcore rock with the first track, "Apparently We Didn't Give You Enough Rope," eerily reminiscent of Cast Iron Hike or Only Living Witness with its dark, melodic East Coast-influenced hardcore sound. The second track, "Faction Paradox," has vocal melodies similar to Tool at certain points. After that track, however, things aren't quite as interesting. "The Celestis" is the third track and like much of the overall feel of the album, it just seems to subsist without really causing any interest to be aroused. Perhaps this is part of the fundamental problem with EPs in general: they fail to give the listener much time to be able to absorb much sound before the recording is finished. The fourth song is the worst of the bunch; although by no means horrible, it -- like much of the rest of the album -- has few heavy hooks by which to stimulate interest in hearing more material from Hero of a Hundred Fights. ~ Kurt Morris

Recorded in Chicago, Illionis in November 2000.

Recording information: Electrical Audio (11/2000).

Hero Of A Hundred Fights: Pat, Chris, Billy, Shane.